Ornamental fabric and process of producing the same.



PATENTED SEPT. 8, 1908. E. J. RYERSON. ORNAMENTAL FABRIC AND PROGESSOPPRODUOINGTHE SAME APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD'J. BYERSON, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

ORNAMENTAL FABRIC AND PROCESS OF PRODUCING THE SAME.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. RYERsoN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Jackson, county of Jackson, State of Michigan, have inventeda certain new and useful Improvement in Ornamental Fabric and Processesof Producing the Same, and declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the same, such as will enable others skilled inthe art to whichitpertains to make and use the same, reference being hadto the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to the process of producing an ornamental fabricand to the commercial article formed by uniting two characters offabric, differing in their ornamental character. i

The object of the invention is to provide an improved method of unitinglace, embroidery, braids, ribbon or trimming with plain cloth for thepurpose of ornamenting articles of clothing.

In the accompanying drawings, lace is shown as the typical articleemployed in producing the ornamental fabric.

Figure 1, is a plan view illustrating the several steps in the process.Fig. 2, is a perspective view illustrating the final step in theprocess. Fig. 3, is a diagrammatic view showing the improved stitchesused in the process.

A piece of cloth 2, is used as the founda tion upon which a strip oflace 3, is secured. The preferred way of securing the strip of lace tothe strip of cloth is to first lay the strip of lace 3 along the cloth2, unite the lace to the cloth by a series of stitches A; these aresewed along the edge of the lace and through the cloth, and this line ofstitches is followed by a line of cross-stitches B, which unites thelace securely to the cloth and so binds together the warp threads of thecloth that lie within the threads of the cross-stitching and the primarystitching, that the woof threads, whose ends terminate between the warpthreads mentioned, are firmly bound and secured in place, and especiallyare the ends of the woof threads secured in place because the primarystitches tie the foundation cloth to the edges of the lace and the clothis strengthened against a force which would pull the edge of the clothaway from the lace by the tying effect of the threads which unite thelace and the cloth. If desired, two parallel lines of primaryover-casting stitch- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed March 1, 1907.

Patented Sept. 8, 1908.

Serial No. 360,079.

ing A may be first sewed into the cloth, as is indicated in Fig. l, andthe strip of lace united to the foundation by the crossstitches B, B,which sew the lace to the foundation along the lines already partiallybound by the over-casting stitching A.

After the strip of lace has been united to the foundation, that portion2 of the cloth between the lines of stitches A, is removed and may becut back very closely to the line of stitching so that none of the warpthreads remain under the lace between the lines of stitching. Thisremoval of the foundation cloth preferably takes place after the finalsecuring of the lace to the foundation by the secondary or crossstitches mentioned. The cross stitches act to bind and draw the threads,especially the woof threads, out of their normal straight arrangement.The ends of the woof threads, which would otherwise extend from the edgeof a raw edge, are thus more or less bent and entangled within thestitching threads, and serve to hold the foundation cloth firmly to theattached strip of lace. There is thus produced an ornamental fabriccomposed partly of what may be considered plain cloth and partly of laceor any other ornamental fabric united by the use of a preliminarystitch, and then the lace is secured to this prepared foundation by asecond series of wrapping stitches which are sewed in after the fashionof cross-stitching, both of which serve to bind very tightly the fewwarp threads inclosed in the wrapping stitches and the latter of whichbinds the margin of the lace down firmly onto the foundation besidesecuring more firmly the warp threads between the second series ofstitches.

WVhile the preferred method of'producing the result is to make the twocharacters of stitches, one before placing the lace in place and oneafterwards, they may both be made woof threads of the foundation clothout of their normal straight arrangement by the same threads which aidin uniting the ornamental fabric to the foundation fabric, substantiallyas described.

2. The process of making an ornamental fabric, which consists in sewingthe edges of a strip of ornamental fabric to a cloth founda tion, againsewing along the line of union of the ornamental fabric and the clothfoundation with cross stitches, and removing that portion of thefoundation cloth at the rear of the ornamental fabric and between thelines of stitching, substantially as described.

3. The process of producing an ornamental fabric, Which consists insecuring an ornamental fabric having a selvage edge to a foundationfabric, and preventing the formation of a raw edge of said foundationfabric by bending the threads thereof out of their normal arrangement bythe securing stitches and by a supplemental line of stitches that unitethe two fabrics.

4. An ornamental fabric, having in combination a cloth foundation withits normal raveling edge protected by lines of cross stitching whichdraw the raw ends of the threads out of their normal position, and atthe same time secure an ornamental member to said foundation member,substantially as described.

5. An ornamental fabric, having in combination pieces of cloth, theraveling edges of which are protected by lines of overcasting stitches,and an ornamental fabric united to said pieces .of cloth by the threadsforming said overcasting stitches, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I sign this specification in the presence of twowitnesses.

EDWARD J. RYERSON.

Witnesses:

B. A. HUDSON, J. R. BAILEY.

